CVS ssh JIRA Integration

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Diagnosis

CVS_RSH environment variable
In order to use the :ext: method for connection to CVS, the CVS_RSH environment variable needs to be set in the environment that runs JIRA. It should be set to the path to the ssh binary:
Put this in your profile:

CVS_RSH=`which ssh`
export CVS_RSH

 

Problems Authorising when command line works

One user reported the following:

The problem was found to be the UsePAM directive in sshd_config on the
cvs server(Debian-Sarge) - this needs to be disabled (which it wasn't)
with the PasswordAuthentication enabled.

 

Last modified on Feb 19, 2016

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